The process of reducing charges for low income groups may not be effective.

In court, the police reduced the charge against him to a misdemeanor.

We'd reduce the charge from murder two to manslaughter one, just to avoid another trial.

The others have all pleaded guilty to sharply reduced charges.

He had already reduced the charge from a felony.

Police officers have no discretion to reduce charges, only prosecutors or judges, he said.

An appeal court later reduced the charge to possession of illegal firearms.

The reduction in numbers would reduce the charge on the defence budget by 10 per cent.

On Monday, prosecutors reduced the more serious charge to attempted abandonment.

"Is he going to tell the next defendant that 'I'm not going to reduce the charge for you?' "